Liuhou Town, Yicheng city, Xiangyang City, Hubei Province

Liuhou town

Liuhou town of Yicheng city is located in the border area of Jingmen, Zhongxiang, Nanzhang and Yicheng. It is adjacent to the vast Jingshan mountain in the two sides, the vast Jianghan Plain in the East, Jingmen and Zhongxiang in the south, and Nanzhang in the north. It is a pearl inlaid in the southwest of Yicheng city. It has been a must for merchants since ancient times. Now it is a strategic place for merchants to "compete for the Central Plains" and seize the central part.

Liuhou town is an important trade and tea town in the southwest of Yicheng city. Jingshan mountain ranges in the west, connected with the three county forest areas and Yuan'an coal mining area; Jingmen City and Nanzhang County in the north and south respectively, surrounded by six surrounding villages and towns; Hanjiang plain in the East, 15-30 km away from Jiaozhi railway, 207 National Road and Hanjiang Waterway, it is the hub connecting the mountains and radiating the border areas of the three counties and cities, known as the golden triangle.

geographical position

Liuhou Town, with a total area of 190 square kilometers (2017) and a population of 34226 (2017), has jurisdiction over 3 market towns and 19 administrative villages. Liuhou town has convenient transportation. The provincial highway Yicheng Donggong passes through the territory. It connects Nanzhang Donggong and Yuan'an mining areas in the west, Yicheng railway station, Jingxiang Expressway in the East, M107 national highway and Hanjiang Wharf in the East. It is the bridge and link between the East and the west of Yicheng.

economic environment

With complete infrastructure, convenient transportation, optical fiber transmission and program-controlled exchange of communication are realized; there are two 3500v substations with a total capacity of 5000va, sufficient power and normal power supply. The water source is abundant and the water quality is pure. The daily water supply capacity of the town is 5000 tons. There are five markets for live pigs, tea, local products, agricultural products and daily necessities, with active trading. Social living environment: the town has beautiful scenery, beautiful environment and four distinct seasons; simple folk customs, rich labor resources and low wages; the town health center has been awarded "first-class health center" by the province, and surgery is its strong point; 12 primary and secondary schools are up to standard schools, with strong teaching staff; it has built TV stations and cable TV network, and has the ability to run its own TV programs; social rank is high Xu'anning is an advanced town in Xiangyang City.

natural resources

Economic resources: forest products: tea, citrus, miscellaneous fruits, edible fungi, bamboo forest, medicinal materials; minerals: silica, calcite, quartz sand, limestone, bauxite; aquatic products: lotus root, fish; livestock products: mainly pigs and poultry.

Output and production capacity of main products (year): 300 tons of tea, 4000 tons of oranges, 50000 kg of mushrooms, 3000 tons of miscellaneous fruits, 2000 cubic meters of wood, 2000 tons of lotus roots, 50000 pigs, 200000 poultry, 20000 tons of rice and 6000 tons of wheat.

Development status

Liuhou has beautiful mountains and rivers, winding mountains, dense mountains and streams, beautiful scenery, exotic flowers and plants, good ecological environment, 45 people forest coverage, known as the "back garden of Yicheng". There are magnificent Gaoxia Pinghu, a small Nanhe scenic spot, the sanguquan waterfall, and the Jinji temple, one of the 480 temples in the Southern Dynasties Marshal he long personally excavated more than 20 natural and cultural landscapes, such as the lax meeting well and the Red Army hall, general Zhang Zizhong's reading Pavilion, and the Anti Japanese army and people's bloody battle of Yin Jiaci. They are excellent red tourism and summer resort.

Liuhou town has fertile soil, rich resources and developed farming. Besides rice and wheat, it is rich in peanuts, medicinal materials, pollution-free vegetables, lotus root and miscellaneous fruits. Liuhou mountain is rich in forest resources, with 100000 mu of forest known as "flower and fruit mountain". Liuhou town has 10000 mu of tea, 10000 mu of mixed fruit, 30000 mu of fast-growing and high-yield forest, and 30000 mu of natural forest. With a prosperous breeding industry, it is the first pig town in Hubei Province, with an annual sales of 120000 pigs and an annual trading volume of 300000 pigs. It is an important pig trading center in Northwest Hubei Province, and the pigs are exported to Guangdong, Hong Kong, Shanghai and other places. With an annual output of more than 200 tons of high-quality tea, Shengle brand tea has won the gold award of Hubei Province and is deeply loved by customers. Edible fungi industry is a new industry in liuhou Town, with the development of 2 million bottles of black fungus and 1.2 million bags of Lentinus edodes. The territory is rich in mineral resources, mainly including silica, calcite, vanadote, bauxite, quartz sand, etc.

The central market town where the government is located is arranged according to the "commercial landscape town". It is surrounded by mountains and water, with picturesque scenery, complete power, water supply, transportation, communication, culture, health and other facilities. It is a municipal civilized town in Xiangyang. The peripheral trade is developed, and the market towns have formed five major professional markets of tea and fruit, live pigs, mountain products, agricultural and sideline products, and daily commodities, with strong absorption and radiation capacity.

Liuhou town is an advanced town in the comprehensive management of social security in Hubei Province, with simple folk customs, stable society, rich labor resources and favorable investment policies.

Urban construction

There are three market towns in liuhou town. Liuhouji, where the government of liuhou town is located, is the central market town. Xiaonanhe River and Beihe River meet in the east of the town, just like the miniature landform of Wuhan. Because the town guarded the main road leading to the mountains, as early as the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, it was an important business town and a cargo distribution center. Jiangxi merchants and Hanyang merchants set up camp here to transport agricultural products and mountain goods to Wuhan through Shuanghekou wharf, and then transport daily necessities back to liuhou for sale in the surrounding areas. They also built Jiangxi guild hall and Echeng book in liuhou. American and Italian missionaries also built Tiansheng teaching and Evangelical Church in liuhou. Liuhou town was very popular.

The built-up area of liuhou town is 1.8 square kilometers, with three vertical and three horizontal streets. The layout is compact, the buildings are neat, the streets are clean, and all of them are green and hardened. It has begun to take on the characteristics of landscape garden town.

Liuhou town has a substation with sufficient power supply; the tap water is directly from the mountain spring of xiaonanhe river with abundant water source; 251 provincial road passes through the town from east to west, only 20-38 km away from the railway station, Jingxiang expressway, 207 National Road, Hanjiang Waterway and urban area in the East, Donggong and Yuanan coal fields and forest areas in the west, and neighboring counties and cities in the north and south, with convenient transportation; fixed line telephone, mobile communication, mobile communication, etc The computer network is complete, convenient to contact; primary and secondary schools, hospitals, theaters, leisure attractions and other facilities are all available.

With a radius of 40 kilometers, it is a central market town at the junction of the four counties and cities. Its trade is very active, and it enjoys the reputation of "an important business town" in the southwest of Yicheng coin. The other two market towns are LiDang street and Dongji street, which serve as the central market town and play the role of "satellite market town".

Liuhou town is rich in forest resources. More than 600 households in liuhou town have participated in the production and cultivation of edible fungi. At present, 1 million tung trees are planted in Auricularia auricula and 3 million bags of Lentinus edodes are planted in the whole town. The production of edible fungi has begun to take shape. However, due to the lack of deep-processing enterprises and formal trading market for edible fungi, many farmers have no special technology for the cultivation, picking and baking of edible fungi. In addition, the door-to-door purchase of Lentinus edodes depresses the grade and price, the farmers do not understand the market situation, and the selling price of edible fungi is low, which affects the development of edible fungi industry in the town.

Xiangfan Dashan company is a comprehensive food processing enterprise integrating the production, processing and export trade of edible fungi industry. It can produce 100000 Jin of strains annually, process and sell 1500 tons of Lentinus edodes, earn 12 million US dollars in foreign exchange through export, and achieve sales revenue of 100 million yuan and profits and taxes of 8 million yuan. Through attracting investment, liuhou town and Dashan company have a good marriage. The mushroom trading market is a mushroom trading market with professional facilities and standardized management, which provides a high-end platform integrating technology, trade, capital, information and other resources for the development of mushroom industry in the town.

Characteristic industry

Liuhou has a pleasant climate and rich products. In addition to food crops, it is rich in tea, edible fungi, peanuts, Jinshui pear, cherry and other special economic crops, mainly including pig, tea, oil and edible fungi.

Liuhou pig town is the first pig town in Hubei Province, and pig industry is also the leading industry of liuhou town. In 2004, there were 120000 pigs in liuhou town and 15 pigs in Huping. The main pig breeds were "three yuan hybrid" pigs, with a high quality rate of more than 75%. The town has one breeding farm with an annual breeding capacity of 10000 pigs and two breeding farms with an annual breeding capacity of 2000 pigs. It is an important breeding base for pigs in Hubei Province. There are two major pig trading markets with an annual trading volume of 300000 pigs. It is an important pig trading center in Northwest Hubei, represented by Xiangda's pig farm in the future and Huang Wenjun's pig farm in liuhou town. "Chuxiang brand" live pigs sell well in Guangdong, Shanghai, Hong Kong and other places. The pig industry has extended the industrial chain of breeding pig, piglet, fat pig, feed, market transaction, smoked meat products, etc., and the development momentum of pig industry is strong.

The climate is mild and the soil is slightly acidic, which is suitable for the growth of tea. Liuhou tea has a long history, tea culture has a long history, tea industry is an important pillar industry of liuhou town. In the mountains and hills, there are many tea gardens. At present, 10000 mu of high-quality Fuding dabaihao tea garden has been formed, with an annual output of more than 200 tons of high-quality tea. Among them, Shengle brand tea, with advanced technology, exquisite packaging, good color and aroma, is the top-quality liuhou tea, which has won the "Gold Award of tea in Hubei Province" and is deeply loved by customers.

Liuhou town adapts to the market demand, constantly adjusts the agricultural planting structure, expands the planting area of oil crops, and the oil industry has begun to take shape. Liuhou town high quality rape sown area of 45000 mu, the total output of 11000 tons, peanut planting area of 20000 mu, the total output of 7000 tons, the annual output value of more than 30 million yuan.

Edible fungi industry is a new characteristic industry in liuhou town. According to the strategy of sustainable development, liuhou rationally uses the rich mountain forest resources, moderately develops the production of Lentinus edodes and Auricularia auricula, and develops bagged Lentinus edodes in liuhou town

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